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As the price of gasoline has fallen alongside crude oil, consumers have been granted more disposable income. That is especially important for buyers of cigarettes, since the average smoker tends to earn less than the average American, Azer said. Further

Tobacco use appeared associated with significantly increased health care costs, as well as the number of hospitalizations for patients with periphery artery disease, according to study results published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Since the initiative is only at the ask stage, we commend its goals and its parameters and will be delighted to breathe fresher air in more places. If it ever gets to the stage where smoking is forbidden in public areas, another look may be necessary to

The average cost of a pack of cigarettes in Michigan is $8. This ranks on the higher end throughout the United States, with the lowest cost being Virginia at $5.25 a pack and the highest in New York at $12.85 a pack. According to The Motley Fool, the yea

Public health advocates in China are hoping a new report predicting a tripling in the number of smoking related-deaths there will be a wake-up call for the government...critics say little will change so long as state-owned companies continue to run the in

A new analysis finds tobacco users pay more for a health insurance plan from the Affordable Care Act exchanges than non-tobacco users in nearly every county of the 37 states that used healthcare.gov to sell their plans in 2015.

Government funding for tobacco control should be increased by an additional £100 million a year, from around £200 million a year at present to £300 million a year. This additional investment could deliver a return on investment (ROI) of almost 1100% over

Chinese men now smoke one-third of all the world’s cigarettes, and a third of all young men in China are doomed to eventually die from the habit, scientists in China and Britain have concluded. Their study, published last week in The Lancet, estimated t

The gangs are flogging the smokes, many of which have been found to contain rat poison, lead, arsenic and even human excrement, on the streets ... It’s estimated one in every four packets sold here has been smuggled into the country illegally – costing